David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ At the first meeting which was held at Rathmill’s Coffee House, in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, March 22, 1754, were present Lord Viscount Folkestone, Lord Romney, Dr. Hales, Mr Henry Baker, Mr. Shipley, &c., &c. It was then proposed to give premiums for the discovery of cobalt, and for the cultivation of madder, and for the best drawings made by boys and girls. The above two noble lords, to whose goodness, generosity, and public spirit, the very being of this Society must ever be acknowledged entirely owing, resolved (at another meeting) to make a beginning with these articles ”

“ Viscount Folkestone was elected President, and was continued in the chair for life by annual re-election. He died on 17th February 1761, and was buried at Britford. His second wife survived as Dowager Viscountess Folkestone, till 25th September 1782. ”